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Number of asylum seekers in Kenya rises 334 percent in five years

Somali refugees walking in the new Ifo-extension at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya on July 31, 2011.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

By  Linet Owoko

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

The number of asylum seekers in Kenya has increased more than fourfold in the last five years, data by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) showed.

In September 2019, there were 48,244 asylum seekers in the country, rising to 209,194 by 2024, an increase of about 333.62 percent.

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